Humility

The saying is true, that nothing is moro beautiful in a young Christian than Humility. Pride was not made for man; and pride is especially hateful in one who has just come out of a state of condemnation. You may in some degree judge of your condition, by the low views which you entertain of yourself. It is a bad sign when a novice is puffed up, when he vaunts his own experience, thinks himself wiser than his elders, and is censorious towards brethren “Let each esteem others better than themselves.”* Lowliness of mind is at once an ornament and a protection; and hence the Apostle says, “Be ye clothed with humility.”f

* PbUipp. 2:3. f 1 Peter 6; C